[PRCo] Re: Forbes Ave exposed track

[Matt Barry]

Forbes at Margaret Morrison.  Wasn't Margaret Morrison formerly called 
"Woodbine" or "Wood-something-or-other?"    Those of you who have the 
PRMA map handy from 1959 can confirm.   And so, that is area where the 
former tracks of what once ran through Schenley Park from Bouquet & 
Forbes to Boundary to Joncaire to what is now called Margaret Morrison 
ran.   I believe that the Margaret Morrison tracks alone were kept open 
for a short time after the abandonment of the rest of the Schenley Park 
route.  Can't recall for sure, but I doubt if the track connections from 
Forbes to Margaret Morrison were even slightly evident in 1967 when the 
East End abandonments occured.
Speaking of exposed tracks, have recently seen exposed tracks on Loretta 
Street and a bit on Hazelwood Avenue.   This the area where routes 58 
Greenfield and 69 Squirrel Hill looped.



Derrick J Brashear wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Joshua Dunfield wrote:
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>>I can't swear to this, since I went by on it on the bus and didn't
>>get a real close look at it, but there's repaving work on Forbes
>>east of Margaret Morrison St, and there seemed to be intermittent
>>bits of exposed track on the south side of Forbes.
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>>It's not particularly impressive, but perhaps worth seeing if you're
>>in the area.
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>They're doing extensive repaving around the East End, I saw some exposed 
>(very little) elsewhere, but now can't remember where.
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